Pictures: Window on the World 4th October

Thursday 4 Oct 2012 12:51 pm

Pictures: Window on the World 4th October

A sculpture from the ‘Fix’ series by Chinese artists Mou Baiyan stands on a ladder next to the ‘Neue Galerie’?(New Galery) in Kassel,?Germany, 02 October 2012. 19 Chinese artists present their works in Kassel under the motto ‘Everything under the sky belongs to everybody’.

Two men work on the ‘Yi?Garden’? installation by Chinese artist Zhu Pei in Kassel,?Germany, 02 October 2012. 19 Chinese artists present their works in Kassel under the motto ‘Everything under the sky belongs to everybody’.

A wildfire burns in Wenatchee Complex in Okanogan Wenatchee National Forest, Washington, on September 30, 2012 in this image released to Reuters on October 2, 2012. The wildfires raging in Washington have charred 130,000 acres and the weather could make things worse, officials said. The fires were among a cluster of blazes raging in the U.S. West.

A girl runs through a bean field at the Mennonite community of Buenos Aires in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua September 29, 2012. Over 80,000 Mennonites live in Mexico after they established themselves for the first time in the 1920s. Mennonites arrange their lives according to their religious beliefs; they have their own educational system and do not participate in the government or serve in the military. Their origins date back to Switzerland in the 16th century as part of the Reformation until a movement was founded by the Dutch priest Menno Simon who believed in a different interpretation of the scriptures, hence the name Mennonites, meaning “Followers of Menno”. Picture taken September 29, 2012.

Supporters of opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles cheer during a campaign rally in Barcelona, Venezuela, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. Capriles will run against President Hugo Chavez in the presidential elections Oct. 7.

Magic the four-year-old pony hooked on Pot Noodles after eating his owner’s Pot Noodle once

A mould shows a completed set of transparent braces at a lab technicians station at Biomers, a medical device manufacturer behind a completely clear orthodontic solution using high tech materials that are stronger than steel, in Singapore, 03 October 2012. Singapore’s Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) showed further contraction in the manufacturing sector for the third month in a row with analysts suggesting the country may slip into a technical recession as global demand weakens.

Kashmiri government teachers shout anti government slogans inside a police vehicle after they were detained during protest in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 03 October 2012. Indian police used water cannons and batons to disperse hundreds of government teachers calling for regularization of their services and an increasing in their monthly salary.

Visitors explore ‘Rain Room’ by artists Random International, a 100 square metre field of falling water which parts as visitors walk underneath, at the Barbican, in central London.

The sun rises over Schauen Lake in Gross Schauen, eastern Germany, on October 3, 2012. Fish caught on Schauen Lake are eels, luce, and zander.

Bavarian mountain farmers pass the chapel of St. Bartholomae on the lake Koenigssee while returning their cattle from summer pastures near Berchtesgaden, southern Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. The trip by boat is the only way to bring the cattle from their remote summer mountain-pastures back to their homestead.

Hot air balloons float in the air over the Neguev desert in Timna Valley national park, southern Israel, on October 3, 2012.

This picture taken on October 3, 2012 shows visitors gathered on the Great Wall of China outside Beijing. Hundreds of millions of tourists crowded into scenery spots, resorts and other tourism destinations scattered across the country while millions of visitors arrived in the capital city over the National Day “Golden Week” holidays.

a woman weighing bunches of hair at a family hair workshop in Binh An village, in the northern province of Bac Ninh. The traditional farming area has been transformed due to the sale of hair, which has become big business globally. Exports of Vietnamese locks sustain some 500 families — or 80 percent of the population in this area.

Demonstrators costumed as Republican presidential nominee, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and U.S. President Barack Obama bring attention to campaign finance reform prior to the Presidential Debate at the University of Denver on October 3, 2012 in Denver, Colorado. The first of four debates for the 2012 Election, three Presidential and one Vice Presidential, is moderated by PBS’s Jim Lehrer and focuses on domestic issues: the economy, health care, and the role of government.

The statue of Christ the Redeemer is seen lit up in the colours of Germany’s national flag on October 03, 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.The event marks the day in 1990 when West Germany and East Germany reunited following the end of the Cold War.